2007-02-25 14:17:59 · 7 answers · asked by gail m 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
A steer has been castrated, a bull has not.
A Steer are preferred over bulls because of their calmer demeaner and placement of body mass. The majority of the body mass of a bull is up by its neck, where as, the prime cuts of meat develop in the back half of the steer.
Surprisingly—for us city folks at least—cows (that is, mature female cattle) can have horns! In fact, there are several cattle breeds in which the cows have horns. To name just a few: the Danish Red, the White Park, and the Texas Longhorn.
Having horns works both ways; that is, cattle without horns can be bulls. The Angus and the Red Poll are examples of breeds that are hornless, be they cow or be they bull!
To make cattle gender identification even trickier, horns can be artificially removed. This is a common safety practice, as horns can be dangerous to humans, to other cattle, and to the horn-bearing cattle themselves. Methods of de-horning include chemicals, hot irons, clipping, and sawing.
To put it all in perspective: if someone points out a group of cattle—horned or unhorned—and insists that it’s a herd of cows, it just might be. Maybe. But then again, it might be a bunch of bull!
2007-02-25 17:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by softball Queen 4 · 11⤊ 0⤋
Steer Bull
2016-12-24 18:13:50 · answer #2 · answered by jaffar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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what is the difference between a bull and a steer,and what are the ones called that have no horns?
2015-08-06 23:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steers are male bovines that have been neutered. All bovines, male and female, would have horns but often they are "de-horned" when very young. It's done by removing the tissue on the head of the calf from which the horns develop. The process is called "polling".
2007-02-25 14:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not all are born with horns as someone stated previously, there are ones bred to have no horns these are POLL like poll hereford and such. Bull still are able to reproduce and steer have had their testes removed and are unable to reproduce.
2007-02-26 01:18:37 · answer #5 · answered by Yo Mum Mum 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What Is A Steer
2016-10-01 07:52:00 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bull is still all there a steer has lost part of his manhood
2007-02-25 15:29:37 · answer #7 · answered by suzanne w 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, they have this thing called a 'dictionary', and the difference between a dictionary and Yahoo Answers is..
the dictionary will not MESS WIT U!
2007-02-25 14:29:36 · answer #8 · answered by ravin_lunatic 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋